UNSPSC 50615900: Canned or jarred Non GMO shallots

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO shallots that has been canned or jarred for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50615900 Canned or jarred Non GMO shallots, a Class code, does not map to the state and local procurement activity reported in recent solicitations. The opportunities tagged under this code span instead a broad range of school nutrition, institutional food service, and state agency food procurement—including fresh produce, canned tomatoes, dairy products, proteins, condiments, prepared foods, and miscellaneous grocery items—with no recent evidence of shallot-specific solicitations, canned or fresh. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being procured suggests either miscoding in the source data or dormant demand for this particular commodity at the state and local level.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting food products under this and adjacent codes include school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School System, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Douglas County School System), state departments and agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), and institutional food service operations (TDCJ prison facilities, HHSC state hospitals and supported living centers, Illinois Veterans Home). The geographic spread spans Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Illinois, Virginia, and Missouri, with school districts in the Southeast (Georgia) representing a concentration of recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (S2910000016405, due June 19, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumable products covering 210 line items statewide (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB for Master Grocery K-12 across 45 elementary, middle, and high schools (2000004323, due April 27, 2026). Pricing mechanisms emphasize firm fixed pricing over initial contract periods with cost adjustments tied to USDA indices or market documentation, delivery requirements are typically weekly to school or institutional sites, and Buy American Act compliance is standard for school nutrition procurements. Given the absence of shallot-specific solicitations in the recent record, firms targeting this commodity should pursue adjacent codes covering canned vegetables or prepared grocery items more broadly, or investigate whether state and local school nutrition directors and institutional food service buyers are specifying shallots as a line item within larger competitive food service requests.